Ki te Aoturoa: Improving Inservice Teacher Educator Learning and Practice
Ministry of Education 2008 Wellington: Learning Media. Ki te Aoturoa: Improving Inservice Teacher Educator Learning and Practice
Ministry of Education (2008). Ki te Aoturoa: Improving Inservice Teacher Educator Learning and Practice. Wellington: Learning Media.
Ki te Aoturoa is a set of learning materials that is designed to support leaders of educational learning to learn and improve so that they can support the learning of others, with the ultimate goal of improved outcomes for students. The materials emphasise a collaborative process in which each person is treated with respect while their knowledge, values, beliefs, and practices are considered and critiqued.
You may find the following sections of particular value.
- The chapter on 'Conducting Inquiry' includes a section on
selecting a collaborative process and activities to scaffold learning. The section describes five approaches, illustrated by video clips from practice:
- aligning beliefs with practice through problem-based methodology
- learning from modelling by others
- participating in role play
- using a coach or mentor
- working with a critical friend.
- The Learning cases show inservice teacher educators using a version of the inquiry and knowledge-building cycle as they work to improve their own practice while simultaneously supporting others to inquire into and improve theirs.
- School leaders may find the chapter ' Change for Improvement' useful for thinking about how to manage their communities through the discomfort and uncertainty of change. See, in particular, the suggested activity on page 176, which is based on a set of assumptions on educational change developed by Michael Fullan (2007).
- The chapter on ' Communication and Relationships' may help prompt thinking about the kinds of relationships necessary to bring about worthwhile change and how they can be created.
Fullan, M. (2007). The New Meaning of Educational Change, 4th ed. New York: Teachers College Press.
| Relevance | Resources for further learning | Resources for taking action | Resources for learning about other people's stories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inquiry and knowledge-building | Y | Y | Y |
| Leading change | Y | Y | Y |
| Understanding autism spectrum disorder | |||
| Understanding inclusion | |||
| Effective schools | |||
| Special education and ASD in NZ school settings | |||
| Audit | |||
| Building inclusive school cultures | Y | Y | Y |
| Producing inclusive school policies | |||
| Evolving inclusive practices | Y | Y | Y |
| Managing transitions | |||
| Specific issues for secondary schools |